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is syria going to attack the u.s.? is syria going to attack u.s. civilian? is syria going to attack u.s. embassies in the region? there's no discussion -- >> do you realize what you're saying? and i don't want to defend the president's strategy. i think he's presented two extremely bad options to the american public and he hasn't built a credible foundation for his foreign policy, but what you are saying is we should be deterred by the likes of syria and hezbollah. let me tell you, if the united states is now in a position where we are deterred by them, we're in a very sorry place. >> that's completely the wrong way to look at this. anyone recognizes right now, in fact, the general who's in charge of this attack said himself that our attack siing sa is an act of war. if you throw a punch, you better be ready for someone else to throw a punch at you or maybe fire a gun at you. >> let me issue a follow-up. as recently as today, secretary kerry indicated very clearly that he thought the threat of force was essential to getting the russians and the syrians to be
is syria going to attack the u.s.? is syria going to attack u.s. civilian? is syria going to attack u.s. embassies in the region? there's no discussion -- >> do you realize what you're saying? and i don't want to defend the president's strategy. i think he's presented two extremely bad options to the american public and he hasn't built a credible foundation for his foreign policy, but what you are saying is we should be deterred by the likes of syria and hezbollah. let me tell you, if the...
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or his attitude about the u.s. government, the navy in particular. is he looking for that, for revenge or tension, attention, 15 minutes of fame. or is he mentally unstable. and just snapped. and this caused that high level contacts that high have just spoken with in the last 30 minutes. indicate so far the investigators, it is a mystery they have not determined or come across any evidence of radicalization, or disgruntled employees, or place of violence. that type of motive yet. doesn't mean they went find it. so far there has been no indication so. you are very, very much could have -- the mentally unstable individual committing this act for many of the reasons mary ellen just mentioned. >> tom, everyone stand by. we are going to continue our breaking news coverage. we are also going to hear from a woman, terrified about the fate of her husband. she says, he worked on the floor where the navy shooting happened. more of our special report and dramatic eyewitness accounts that's coming up. what's your function? ♪ ♪ hooking up the country helping
or his attitude about the u.s. government, the navy in particular. is he looking for that, for revenge or tension, attention, 15 minutes of fame. or is he mentally unstable. and just snapped. and this caused that high level contacts that high have just spoken with in the last 30 minutes. indicate so far the investigators, it is a mystery they have not determined or come across any evidence of radicalization, or disgruntled employees, or place of violence. that type of motive yet. doesn't mean...
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the entire u.s. house, all 435 have to go and run again. >> uh-huh. >> and in that setting the republicans have overwhelmingly said they believe it is essential to represent their constituents by trying to stop this law before it gives away billions and billions of dollars in systems that don't exist yet. >> first of all, we've had -- we've had an election of the entire house of representatives. >> right. >> since this bill passed. >> you've had two. >> but we've also had an election of the president and the senate. and the president had an opponent that said he wanted to defund obama care, get rid of it. and he lost. >> it's a split decision. >> senators gain. so actually two of the three branches here that actually campaigned democrats gained seats. so i don't think the issue here is -- i think the american people actually feel this issue has been litigated. and on the important issue of health care costs, newt, i think what's been vitally important about this law is that we have had a historic red
the entire u.s. house, all 435 have to go and run again. >> uh-huh. >> and in that setting the republicans have overwhelmingly said they believe it is essential to represent their constituents by trying to stop this law before it gives away billions and billions of dollars in systems that don't exist yet. >> first of all, we've had -- we've had an election of the entire house of representatives. >> right. >> since this bill passed. >> you've had two. >>...
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president obama told cnn's wolf blitzer the u.s. is seriously considering russia's offer to remove chemical weapons from syria. the president also made a strong case for enforces the chemical weapons treaty. >> it is important for assad to understand that, you know, the chemical weapons ban, which has been in place, is one that the entire civilizeside world just about respects and observing. it's something that protects our troops, even when we're in the toughest war theaters, from being threatened by these chemical weapons. it's something that protects women and children and civilians. >>> joining us again, senate foreign relations commit aye chairman bob menendez and committee member rand paul. senator paul, again to you, do you think that the united states should be a party to the chemical weapons ban treaty? >> yes. i think one of the problems we've had and senator menendez talks about this. we've had all these votes in the security council, to me i consider them to be show votes. we know in advance i want so how would you divor
president obama told cnn's wolf blitzer the u.s. is seriously considering russia's offer to remove chemical weapons from syria. the president also made a strong case for enforces the chemical weapons treaty. >> it is important for assad to understand that, you know, the chemical weapons ban, which has been in place, is one that the entire civilizeside world just about respects and observing. it's something that protects our troops, even when we're in the toughest war theaters, from being...
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whether or not it's nationwide in states like missouri, the senate, the u.s. congressional body voting down background checks, you're getting the same message from citizens over and over. whether you literally in colorado shutting down debate on the senate floor, not answering e-mails from your constituents, or draping yourself in emotion on the national level, your effect is always the same, shutting down debate. and you have been told specifically and the nation has been told stop, just stop and listen. >> but those are just talking points. the reality is we didn't shut down. there was nor debate on these bills than the gun bills done 13 year ago after columbine when the republicans were in session. in fact, twice as much. we didn't shut down debate at all. we split the debate between an hour and a half on each side. each side got to manage their debate. the republicans decided to manage theirs in such way. >> but senator, you outspent the recall people 5-to-one. >> that's nonsense. >> and here is whitewater your colleague -- former colleague also voted out.
whether or not it's nationwide in states like missouri, the senate, the u.s. congressional body voting down background checks, you're getting the same message from citizens over and over. whether you literally in colorado shutting down debate on the senate floor, not answering e-mails from your constituents, or draping yourself in emotion on the national level, your effect is always the same, shutting down debate. and you have been told specifically and the nation has been told stop, just stop...
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that's according to the u.s. chamber of commerce. we rank number one in innovation and entrepreneurship. we believe that you need to educate, you need to innovate, you need to rebuild and need to give your next generation the opportunity to move up the ladders of success, not simply to see their wages decline, which is what's been happening in our country -- >> absolutely not correct, that is not correct if you're pointing to texas with that. when you look and see what we've done in your public schools in the state of texas, particularly over the last decade, we have seen the national assessment of educational progress, that's kind of the gold standard, i think you'll agree, when you talk about how kids are doing in school. eighth grade african-american and eighth grade hispanic kids in the state of texas scored the second highest in america. that's the type of progress you're looking for, particularly in the areas that people care about, which is those stem courses in where you're moving them into college. we've had almost 500,000 y
that's according to the u.s. chamber of commerce. we rank number one in innovation and entrepreneurship. we believe that you need to educate, you need to innovate, you need to rebuild and need to give your next generation the opportunity to move up the ladders of success, not simply to see their wages decline, which is what's been happening in our country -- >> absolutely not correct, that is not correct if you're pointing to texas with that. when you look and see what we've done in your...
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. >>> next, we'll ask our guests if this u.s. senator is right -- >> the president just seems to be very uncomfortable being commander in chief of this nation. [ male announcer ] this store knows how to handle a saturday crowd. ♪ [ male announcer ] the parking lot helps by letting us know who's coming. the carts keep everyone on the right track. the power tools introduce themselves. all the bits and bulbs keep themselves stocked. and the doors even handle the checkout so we can work on that thing that's stuck in the thing. [ female announcer ] today, cisco is connecting the internet of everything. so everyone goes home happy. like carpools... polly wants to know if we can pick her up. yeah, we can make room. yeah. [ male announcer ] ...office space. yes, we're loving this communal seating. it's great. [ male announcer ] the best thing to share? a data plan. at&t mobile share for business. one bucket of data for everyone on the plan, unlimited talk and text on smart phones. now, everyone's in the spirit of sharing. hey, can i bo
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we may disagree on where we come out, but the u.s. uses military forces for one reason and one reason only. it's in our national security interest. >> we have no moral obligation. >> when it come does a humanitarian situation we have other obligations. it's about political sanctions, economic sanctions. when the president used the accountability act as reasons he misled the american people. >> i know you. we go back a little ways. we've had some conservations about values and social conservatism. i don't understand how you square your conscience with not going in where hundreds of thousands of died. >> they're fighting for their freedom incidentally, which is what america's supposed to be about. >> are you worried this will be another rwanda? >> this didn't start out -- >> that's right. i called for military force months ago. >> these were syrian patriot no, sir were sick of the dictator. >> agreed. agreed. >> we held back and al qaeda came in. i don't think al qaeda is the dominant force in the opposition. i think from all i know it'
we may disagree on where we come out, but the u.s. uses military forces for one reason and one reason only. it's in our national security interest. >> we have no moral obligation. >> when it come does a humanitarian situation we have other obligations. it's about political sanctions, economic sanctions. when the president used the accountability act as reasons he misled the american people. >> i know you. we go back a little ways. we've had some conservations about values and...
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. >> breaking news, the u.s. and russia have a deal overseer just chemical women's. did russia get everything it wanted? the top spokesperson "outfront." plus the international manhunt for the alleged terrorist known as the white widow. was she killed in the kenyan mall massacre? we take to you a major american bridge that now goes absolutely nowhere. it is a crazy and warped site and it is not the only one engineers say is unsafe. let's go "outfront."
. >> breaking news, the u.s. and russia have a deal overseer just chemical women's. did russia get everything it wanted? the top spokesperson "outfront." plus the international manhunt for the alleged terrorist known as the white widow. was she killed in the kenyan mall massacre? we take to you a major american bridge that now goes absolutely nowhere. it is a crazy and warped site and it is not the only one engineers say is unsafe. let's go "outfront."
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they believe by not engaging the u.s. at any level in a sense, it gives them domestic legitimacy. so this is a major shift within iran. it is very symbolic to the iranian leadership and population. >> it is interesting that president obama was toward meet with rouhani tuesday but it was rouhani decided he needed more time. that it wasn't going to hax as he was getting ready to leave the united states, according to susan rice, the president's security adviser, he send word that he would like to speak on the been to the president and the president of course responded positively to that. what's going on here? he didn't want to meet directly but now they wanted to have a phone call. >> i think they wanth to meet. they were afraid that the meeting had no agenda and they were afraid of going into the meeting and then it is interpreted in the press as, in the wrong way. then rouhani would lose face at home and it would fizzle away. they back away from the meeting. and then i think they thought they needed something concrete to take back home. he has gone out on a limb on this trip. he ha
they believe by not engaging the u.s. at any level in a sense, it gives them domestic legitimacy. so this is a major shift within iran. it is very symbolic to the iranian leadership and population. >> it is interesting that president obama was toward meet with rouhani tuesday but it was rouhani decided he needed more time. that it wasn't going to hax as he was getting ready to leave the united states, according to susan rice, the president's security adviser, he send word that he would...
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clearances, for example, 4 million or 5 million in the federal government, for example, including in the u.s. military, there's no way you can make it 100% perfect. >> that's very true. the other thing i think is very difficult for the authorities, when you look at all of the little red flags, as have been called, throughout the last several years involving encounters with law enforcement, nothing ever rose to the level that would sort of set off an alarm bell among the people who are doing background checks on this individual. frankly, he had a number of background checks, some last year, some this year. and no one ever turned up anything, wolf. >> joe johns with the latest on that story. we'll continue to follow it. thanks very much. that's it for me. thanks very much for watching. i'm wolf blitzer. "crossfire" starts right now. >>> tonight on "crossfire," showdown over shutting down the federal government with obama care at the center of the fight. >> it is a train wreck. it has to go. >> on the left, van jones. on the right, s.e. cupp. in the "crossfire," congressman charlie rangel who s
clearances, for example, 4 million or 5 million in the federal government, for example, including in the u.s. military, there's no way you can make it 100% perfect. >> that's very true. the other thing i think is very difficult for the authorities, when you look at all of the little red flags, as have been called, throughout the last several years involving encounters with law enforcement, nothing ever rose to the level that would sort of set off an alarm bell among the people who are...